Ashland, Oregon just after sunset

Today’s photo is one of the first I took with a new lens–the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. I tried to stitch (photomerge) three images together to get about 200 degrees worth of Ashland, but Photoshop was not willing. Perhaps I’ll try to do it manually in Photoshop.

Mt. Ashland is to the left of center. Wagner Butte is to the right of center. Ashland High School had something going on at the football field so the lights were on and that caused the brightness to the left of center. The brightness near the far right is the Ashland Springs Hotel. The lines in the lower-left half on the bottom are the cars going up and down I-5.

I took this about 15 minutes after sunset on my D7000 at f/4 for 30 seconds at ISO 100. I cropped the bottom and top off the 11mm picture to give it more of a panorama feel.

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Posted on January 16th, 2012 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland high school, ashland springs hotel, mt. ashland, night photography, nikon d7000, sunset, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, wagner butte. Comments Off on Tokina 11-16mm evening panorama

Today’s photo has nothing to do with Ashland, Oregon. I hope you don’t mind that I stray from Ashland every once in a while. Today’s pic is from Amsterdam last summer. For more of my Amsterdam photos click here.

Posted on January 10th, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: buildings, night photography, water. Comments Off on Amsterdam at night

Perhaps the best place to check out Christmas light displays in Southern Oregon

We headed up to Medford and Greystone Court on December 30 to check out the holiday light spectacle. It was raining and Christmas was over so it wasn’t very crowded. I hear it was crazy the week before.

Posted on January 3rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: christmas, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Christmas Lights on Greystone Court in Medford

Ashland Springs Hotel at night during December

Moments after taking this photo there was a nasty fender bender in front of Starbucks. No one was hurt, but the sound of the cars crashing, glass breaking, etc. was pretty scary.

Posted on December 12th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, christmas, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments: 1

Moon and stars over I-5 as Ashland becomes consumed in fog

Just a few minutes after I took this photo I, too, was engulfed in fog. Strangely, the temperature didn’t change, nor did any wind kick up, but just a couple hours the fog was completely gone. How does that happen?

Posted on December 4th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: fog, i-5, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments: 1

McCall House Bed and Breakfast at night

We had our annual Christmas party at the McCall House this past week. For more on the history of this lovely place, click here.

Posted on December 3rd, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: buildings, McCall House, national register of historic places, night photography. Comments Off on McCall House Bed and Breakfast

If you are in Southern Oregon during December you should check out Jacksonville’s annual Victorian Christmas. Jacksonville’s “Victorian Christmas Parade” is tomorrow night beginning at 6 p.m.

Posted on December 1st, 2011 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: buildings, christmas, jacksonville, night photography. Comments Off on Victorian Christmas

The Ashland Springs Hotel before the beginning of the Festival of Light

Part of the “Festival of Light” is the lighting up of downtown Ashland. Before the parade there are some lights, but many do not come on until Santa says so from the balcony of Alex’s. The Ashland Springs Hotel saves most of their lights for that occasion. I guess I need to go back and take a photo now that the lights on the hotel are completely on every night (until early January).

Posted on November 29th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, buildings, christmas, festival of light, night photography. Comments Off on Ashland Springs Hotel just prior to the “Festival of Light”

Ashland, Oregon evening

Last night I took Ellie to her flute lesson across town. With Daylight Saving Time over and the Winter Solstice fast approaching, things were pretty dark by her 5:30 p.m. appointment.

The outdoor lighting on the property made these cool-looking patterns on the ground that I thought would make for a nice photo with Ashland lighting up in the background.

The bright lights in the distance on the left are from the Ashland High School football game which began a little over an hour later at 7. AHS came from behind to defeat Silverton and move to 8-2 on the season.

Posted on November 12th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: night photography, sunset. Comments: 1